From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Confirming suggestions for testing exhaust silencers and the need to fit a temporary heat shield.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\4\ 04-page091 | |
| Date | 11th July 1932 | |
| X7941 To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From G.W.H. Hotel de France, Chateauroux, FRANCE. 11.7.32. 19-EX. re. Exhaust silencers. We have received your memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/AD.9.7.32. We are carrying out your suggestions with the cut-out closed and opened, and taking the different temperatures in the rear of the car. We shall have to fit a temporary heat shield as one was not fitted to this silencer. [Signature] G.W.H. | ||